From DMTC Publicity
DEL MAR, Calif. (Nov. 21, 2021) — Mia Familia Racing Stable’s Principe Carlo, the longest price in the field at better than 18-1, came widest but strongest of all at the finish to win by the proverbial whisker at the conclusion of the $100,500 Cary Grant Stakes for Golden State Series eligibles Sunday at Del Mar.
The 5-year-old horse by Coil, claimed for only $20,000 in October 2020 and given a year off, gave owner/trainer Librado Barocio his first stakes victory ever and lit up the tote board with a $39.00 mutuel. Old pro Kent Desormeaux took the overland with the horse and got him up for the Hall of Famer’s 85th stakes victory at the seaside oval. Final time for the seven-furlong heat was 1:22.33.
Principe Carlo was bred by Richard Barton Enterprises and Barocio is the sole owner under the Mia Familia Racing Stable banner.
Finishing second was C T R Stables or Aldabbagh’s Positivity, a neck in front of Jay and Julie Manoogian’s Colt Fiction.
The $57,000 winner’s share of the purse moved Principe Carlo’s bankroll up to $418,673. He’s now won seven of 22 lifetime starts with seven seconds besides.
The payoffs across the board were Principe Carlo $39.00, $14.00 and $7.00; Positivity returned $4.60 and $3.40, while Colt Fiction paid $3.40.
The track’s Pick Six single ticket jackpot wager once more proved too tough to handle for the punters and its carryover grew to $418,673. With four days left in the meet, there’s the possibility that the bet could carry all the way to next Sunday’s closing day when there would be a mandatory payout.
Racing resumes at Del Mar Thursday with a special eight-race Thanksgiving Day card starting at 11:00 a.m.